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Votes at a glance: Lowell Area Schools approves routine motions, budget amendments, millage rates and equipment purchase
Summary
At its June 9 meeting the board approved the 24-25 budget amendments, 25-26 appropriations, 25-26 millage rates, reauthorization support for Kent ISD enhancement millage, MASB membership renewal, and a $32,206.38 purchase of middle school football equipment; the board then entered closed session for negotiations.
The Lowell Area Schools Board of Education recorded the following formal actions and voice-vote approvals at its June 9, 2025 meeting:
- Adopted final 2024–25 budget amendments as presented (voice vote). - Approved the 2025–26 budget appropriation resolution (voice vote). - Adopted the 2025–26 millage rates, using a substituted form that itemized operating, sinking fund and debt mills (voice vote). - Approved the Kent ISD enhancement millage resolution for reauthorization (board discussion noted the mill generates about $1.1 million this year for ISD services). - Renewed membership in the Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB) for 2025–26 (voice vote). - Approved purchase of middle school football equipment from Riddell and BSN Sports totaling $32,206.38 to be funded by activity accounts and the athletic budget; trustees discussed safety compliance and rotation/inspection cycles. - Moved into closed session to discuss negotiations; a roll-call vote recorded affirmative votes from members present and the board entered closed session at 7:55 p.m.
Most motions were adopted by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tally on the floor; the closed-session motion was followed by a roll-call that recorded affirmative votes from the members present.
